SOLANACEZ. 
Flowers small, secund, whitish-blue. 
white, size of an olive. 
Conical-fruited Nightshade. Pl. 2 feet. 
12 S. pirru'sum (Ruiz. et Pav. l. c. p. 37. t. 171. f. b.) 
stem suffruticose; branches twiggy, diffuse; leaves impari-pin- 
Corolla 5-lobed. Berry 
nate; leaflets oblong; racemes axillary, few-flowered. h. S. 
Native of Peru, in groves in the province of Huanuco., Plant 
with the habit of Jasmine. Stem branched, angular.  Petioles 
and peduncles downy. Corollas violaceous, 5-lobed. 
Diffuse Nightshade. Shrub. 
13 S. SrzAronTHIA'NUM (Andr. bot. rep. t. 504. Dun. syn. 
p. 7.) suffruticose, scandent; leaves pinnate, undulated : supe- 
rior ones simple, lanceolate; racemes racemosely-panicled, some- 
times longer than the petioles. h... S. Native of Barba- 
does. Flowers pink. Leaves sometimes ternate. 
Seaforth’s Nightshade. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1804. 
climbing. 
14 S. rerna'tum (Ruiz. et Pav. l. c. p. 38. t. 172. f. a.) 
stem suffruticose, tetragonal, scandent, radicant; leaves ternate ; 
peduncles few-flowered. h.. S. Native of Peru, in humid 
parts of woods. Plant glabrous. Leaves on long petioles. 
Leaflets oblong-lanceolate: middle one large. Peduncles many 
together. Flowers sub-umbellate. Calyx 5-crenated, small. 
Corolla purplish-violet. Deeply 5-parted. 
Ternate-leaved Nightshade. Shrub climbing. 
Shrub 
§ 4. Leaves pinnatifid and entire. 
15 S. racix1A'ruM (Ait. hort. kew. 1. p. 247.) shrubby or 
herbaceous, quite glabrous; leaves pinnatifid ; segments linear- 
lanceolate: terminal one elongated; or the leaves are entire, 
linear-lanceolate, elongated ; racemes lateral, corymbose, simple 
or bipartite, shorter than the leaves; calyx half 5-cleft; seg- 
ments of corolla emarginate; berry oval %. G. Native of 
New Zealand; New South Wales, about Port Jackson; and 
of Van Diemen's Land. Curt. bot. mag. t. 349. R. Br. prod. 
p. 445. S. pinnatifidum, Lam. dict. 4. p. 292. Poir. dict. 4. 
p. 287. but not of Ruiz. et Pav. S. aviculàre, Pers. syn. 1. 
p. 225. Forst. prod. no. 107. ? pl. esc. no. 12.? S. reclinàtum, 
Hort. Plant quite glabrous, as in Lactüca perénnis. Stem 
juicy. Racemes corymbose. Corollas blue, size of those of 
Geranium praténse. | Anthers separated, not cohering, as in the 
rest of the species. Berry nearly globose, depressed, greenish- 
yellow, edible, size of a plum. 
Var. a ; shrubby ; leaves pinnatifid. 
Var. B; shrubby ; leaves undivided. 
Var. y; herbaceous ; leaves pinnatifid. 
Jagged-leaved Nightshade. FI. July, Aug. Clt. 1772. PI. 
2 to 3 feet. 
16 S. quercirorium (Lin. spec. p. 264.) stem sub-herba- 
ceous, angular, flexuous, scabrous; leaves pinnatifid ; racemes 
corymbose or cymose. 2t. H. Native of Peru; and of Chili, 
about Valparaiso. Dun. sol. 139. Pers. ench. 1. p. 225. ex- 
clusive of the syn. of Fl. per.—Feuill. obs. 2. p. 722. t. 15.? 
Habit of S. Dulcamdra. Stem erect. Branches angularly 
winged ; wings minutely toothed. Leaves ciliated a little, with 
usually 5 ovate segments, scabrous beneath, pilose in the young 
state. Corolla violaceous, with 2 green marks at the base of 
each segment. Berry ovate. Feuille’s figure is referred to 
Witheringia multifida by Poir. in his encyl. 4. p. 287. and suppl. 
3.p. 739. According to Dunal, S. runcinatum, Ruiz. et Pav. 
fl. per. 2. p. 36. agrees well with this species, but is perhaps 
distinct. 
Oak-leaved Nightshade. 
to 5 feet. 
17 S. rrircorum (Nutt. gen. amer. 1. p. 128.) stem un- 
Fl. June, July. Clit. 1787. Pl. 3 
407 
armed, herbaceous, procumbent; leaves denticulately-pinna- 
tifid, glabrous ; segments acute, subundulated, having the mar- 
gins more or less revolute; peduncles opposite the leaves, 2-3- 
flowered. (2. H. Native near Fort Mandan, and elsewhere ; 
and on the banks of the river Platte, commeneing near the 
Pawnee village, and continuing to the mountains. Flowers 
small, white, revolute. Fruit size of a cherry, green in the 
mature state, Stems very hairy, diffuse. Leaves subrunci- 
nate. 
Three-flomered Nightshade. : Pl. procumbent. 
18 S. naprcaws (Lin. fil. dec. 1. t. 10. Dun. sol. p. 140.) 
stem herbaceous, smooth, nearly terete, prostrate, radicant ; 
leaves deeply pinnatifid; racemes cymose, about equal in length 
to the petioles. 2. S. Native of Peru. S. quercifdlium, 
Ruiz. et Pav. fl. per. p. 36. exclusive of the syn. of Lin. and 
Feuille. Stems at length ascending, and angularly winged from 
the decurrent petioles. Leaves with 5 ovate, acute, or lanceo- 
late segments. Racemes sometimes opposite the leaves, but 
not always. Corollas small, violaceous. Berry globose, size of 
a pea, red. 
Rooting-stemmed Nightshade. 
Pl. creeping. 
19 S. GLABE'RRIMUM (Dun. sol ed. 2d. ined. t. 133. syn. p. 
9.) stem quite glabrous, furrowed ; leaves rarely entire, usually 
pinnatifid: the terminal segment elongated; racemes aggre- 
gate, many-flowered ; segments of corolla acute. %. S. Na- 
tive of the Island of Timor. Habit of S. laciniàtum ; but dif- 
fers in the racemes being larger; in the flowers being more 
copious ; in the calyxes being 5-parted ; and in the segments of 
the corolla being acute, not emarginate. 
Quite glabrous Nightshade. Pl. 2 to 3 feet. 
20 S. nEcLINA' TUM (Lher. ined. ex bot. cult. ed. 2. vol. 3. 
p. 168. Dun. syn. p. 8.) stem quite glabrous, thick, juicy ; 
leaves pinnatifid, sometimes entire ; racemes lateral, shorter 
than the leaves ; corolla semiquinquefid, with emarginate seg- 
ments. bh. S. Native of Peru, Dombey. S. pinnatífidum, 
Lam. ill. t. 115. f. 4. Cav. descr. 111. S. laciniàtum, Dun. 
sol. p. 139. exclusive of the syn. Stem furrowed. Leaves 
tapering into the petioles; segments linear. Peduncles 2-3- 
flowered. Calyx deeply 5-toothed. Corollas azure-blue. Berry 
green, globose, edible, an inch in diameter. 
Reclinate Nightshade. Shrub 3 feet. 
21 S. serre’mtopum (Bunge, in mem. acad. petersb. 2. p. 
122.) stem herbaceous, erect, angular; leaves pinnatifid ; lobes 
ovate-oblong, obtuse, entire, or deeply toothed, downy on both 
surfaces; panicles dichotomous, divaricate, lateral, exceeding 
the leaves; corollas 5-cleft. 21. H. Native of China, in 
waste places about Pekin. Leaves obscure, green, with usu- 
ally 7 lobes. Corollas deep violet, like those of S. Dulca- 
mara. 
Seven-lobed-leaved Nightshade. 
I. SoLANUM. 
Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1771. 
Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
$ 5. Leaves ternate or simple. Leaves and leaflets ovate or 
ovate-lanceolate. 
22 S. HEBE'PHORUM (Dun. syn. p. 7. H. B. et Kunth. nov. 
gen. 3. p. 21.) herbaceous, much branched ; branches angular, 
puberulous; leaves ternate, clothed with silky down on both 
surfaces; leaflets oblong, acute, entire; peduncles long, lateral? 
flowers subracemose. 2/. H. Native of Peru, near Caxa- 
marca, in frigid places, at the altitude of 460 hexapods. Leaflets 
about 2 inches long. Flowers subumbellate, ex Bonpl. Calyx 
5-parted. Corolla quinquefid. The hairs in this and the 4 fol- 
lowing species are simple. 
Donn-bearing Nightshade. Pl. 2 feet. 
23 S. murica'tum (Ait. hort. kew. 1. p. 250. Dun. sol. p. 
